> No they (LSA) are just as safe as their Part 23 brothern and I would like
> to see that continue. Going the IFR route is -NOT- LSA by definition.
Whose definition? It's certainly not part of the definition of LSA in 14 CFR
1.1.
>This is simply a way of going around Part 23 for manufacturers. That was
> not the intent of LSA and SP rule and certainly Part 23 should not be
> replaced with consensus minimum standards.
Nobody's saying it should be. That's why LSAs are limited to specific gross
weights and maximum speeds and two seats.
> Going IFR causes more chances of accidents happening and giving a bad name
> to LSA movement.
Providing the ability to extricate oneself from a VFR into IMC encounter -
historically, one of the biggest pilot killers out there - would lower
accident rates, not raise them.
> Read between the lines here. IFR capable = flight in adverse conditions,
Not necessarily. My Zodiac's gone into IMC exactly once, on an IFR flight by
an appropriately rated pilot with a medical. (The factory test pilot flew it
home IFR one day before I took delivery.)
> possibly with a older no Class 3 med having pilot who was previously IFR
> rated (and you know that will happen)
What makes you think that the presence of LSAs will make that any more
prevalent than it already was? We all know pilots who fly without medicals
in non-LSA aircraft.
> = false sense of security = tragedy NTSB investigation = NTSB recommending
> to tighten up LSA rules = FAA shutting down IFR route via ASTM standards
> on LSA
If the FAA proposes that, I'm sure it'll draw lots of attention and comment.
Right now, however, the FAA thinks the greatest problem in the light sport
world is long-time experienced pilots getting in LSAs and thinking they can
fly the airplane without any sort of transition training. Outside fo that
difference, they say (and I was told this in person Monday) that the LSA
accident rate is the same as the overall GA accident rate.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, CFI-SP http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (KFRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC http://www.tronguy.net/N55ZC.shtml
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